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Todd Starnes

Christian Teen Finally Delivers Banned Graduation Speech

September 18, 2018 • In the News

Four months after being told that he couldn’t give his valedictory address because it referenced Christ, an Illinois teenager who graduated at the top of his class at West Prairie High School was finally able to deliver his speech. But instead of delivering his graduation speech in his hometown, Sam […]

Bangor Daily News

Maine is wrong to withhold tuition from parents who send kids to religious schools

September 7, 2018 • In the News

By Tim Keller and Lea Patterson, Associate Counsel at First Liberty It is time for Maine to correct a nearly 40-year-old mistake and allow parents to once again use public tuition dollars at any qualified school. As many in Maine are aware, in small towns that cannot support a public […]

Fox 5

Virginia apartment complex threatens to evict pastor for holding Bible study

September 5, 2018 • In the News

A battle is brewing at a Virginia apartment complex over a semi-retired pastor’s Bible study group. The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg reported Friday that the complex’s owner has threatened to evict Kenneth Hauge if he continues hosting the Bible studies. Residents received a letter notifying residents that the complex was […]

Todd Starnes

Court Declares Cheerleaders’ Bible Verse Banners are Legal

August 31, 2018 • In the News

There are two hard and fast rules in life: don’t mess with Texas and don’t mess with Texas cheerleaders. The Kountze Independent School District learned that lesson the hard way. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear the school district’s appeal of a case involving Bible verses written […]

Townhall

DOL Issues New Guidelines to Stop Discrimination Against Religious Federal Contractors

August 27, 2018 • In the News

By Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel of First Liberty Institute Thanks to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the federal government clarified that it is free to work with whichever organization is best able to achieve the government’s goals, providing optimal services to those in […]

Todd Starnes

VICTORY! Chaplain Cleared of Wrongdoing in Same-Sex Discrimination Case

August 24, 2018 • In the News

The Army has exonerated a decorated Fort Bragg Army chaplain and his assistant after they were accused of discrimination against a same-sex couple. Chaplain Scott Squires and Chaplain Assistant Kacie Griffin had been facing “dereliction of duty” charges for declining to lead a marriage retreat that included a same-sex couple. […]

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